+ PAMPLUME=PAMPLOMA+ >our kings of navarre-valois-pamplume >heritage flared today w/ the< +RUNNING OF THE BULLS+ >(read hemingway)< +AT PAMPLOMA+ >via international television< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +FRIENDS IN THE NIGHT+ >it is always nourishing to recieve mail that responds to my midnight posts +MARY LYNN NOW IN NOLA+ (tulane & family activity) >as mary lynn so kindly calls them +"MIDNIGHT MUSINGS"+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +JEANNE CAVAROC RYAN+ >has been v. thoughtful sending several +CAVAROC-ROY-STAIGG REFS+ >containing names of my grandmother amalie cavarioc-roy staiggs siblings and news of the viosca-staiggs. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +PERCY VIOSCA+ >the famous louisiana naturalist, was married into my (cavaroc)-staigg grandfather's nola family... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +CORRINE STAIGG VIOSCA+ (who i sadly never met) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +JEANNE & PROFESSOR TOM COX+ >(emeritus of san diego state u. >now visiting in france) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >HAVE SENT RESPONSES TO MY PIECE REGARDING THE PINK HUE OF AN (much enthusiasm) +EXCITED NYMPHET'S THIGH+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +"CENIZAS DE ROSA"+ >professor cox tells us is a very aesthetic shade of spanish rose-pink especially rewarding w/ its soft prononciation. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +"SHOCKING PINK"+ >was jeanne's contribution from her +BONWIT TELLER HATS+ +GLOVES (THE WORKS)+ >college days avoiding the stares of +SHOCKED NUNS+ ^^^^^^^^^^ >i hope it wasn't pink strapless evening dress ! (i almost typed topless but that will be found in old france.) +OH , SAN TROPEZ+ >your innocent correspondent< >"shocked" as claude raines said< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >+"SCHIAPARELLI"+< >was the shocking color jeanne sent to me from her "higher learning" days that struck a bright memory. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +MARIANNE THINKS IT WAS PURPLE" >(m. was in a sacred heart school in the san francisco 1950s a +LIKE NEWCOMBE+ >very old california milieu< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +ELSA SCHIAPARELLI+ (google for info) ^^^^^^^^^ >was an italian clothing design genius with a famous couture house in +LA BELLE PARIS+ >she was "over the top" great with a +FLARE FOR SURREALISM+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +LOBSTERS GALORE+ >like salvador dali, schiaparelli had a thing for lobsters on her clothes. +(LOBSTERS IN RED PRINTS)+ >(thats prints not pants) >although< >DALI LIKED THE ACTUAL< +LOBSTER ARTISTICLY DISCRETE+) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >(yes, the nuns averted their eyes +"SCHIAPARELLISED"+ >as jeanne left for the evening) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +I MYSELF WAS CONSIDERED+ (coeds via windows) +"PERSONA NON GRATA"+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >(changing the subject)< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +SOUND AS A FACTOR OF LIFE+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >professor cox's reference to the soft +PENINSULA SOUND OF SPAIN+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >reminds me of a sound very dear to the heart of our creole memory ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +RAIN-ON-ELEPHANT-EAR-PLANTS+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >it was francois mignon the talented +ARTIST-SCHOLAR+ >french plantation curator at our< +MELROSE PLANTATION+ >in the 1950s-1970s period who wrote a very insightful column for the >natchitoches newspaper titled< +"PLANTATION MEMO"+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^ >now collected in a book by that name that i have retrieved from storage, >that describes the rain sound on +GIANT ELEPHANT EARS+ (french tropic syndrome) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +CREOLE GENETIC MEMORY+ >of the< +HIGHEST ORDER+ ^^^^^^^^^ gene ray, san diego, california